South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-05-27
Oddities and Entities.

In Mexico they march train.wreck-
ers to the scene Of their crime, amt
there the soldiery shoot them :. The
monument erected by the Odd Fell
lows Of the United States, TO the mem
Dry OF the late Schuyler Colfax, in
commcmoration OF his services In es.
tablishius the degree Of the Dsus gu
,ers Of Rebekah, was formally uu-
yelled at indianapolis Wednesday
with imposing ceremonies. :. "A carp
was recently caught in the Shenan>
doah river that weighed 81 lbs....
The latest swindle: To sell boiled
eggs at IS per dozen, agreeing To
tate oil The chickens haiched from
them at IS apiece, as they are val.
liable breed, &c. -. Near Sharpe burg,
Nd, recently. was discovered the
skeleton of Union soldier, killed at
the battle of Antietam. Abont tho
remains were regulation belt anil
buckle, a number Of buttons, two bat-
tered bullets, a cap hox. neatly full
a cartridge box containing thirty. six
cartridges. caDteen, bayonet and fork,
There being nothing about the re-
mains by which they could lie iden.
tiled, Captain Donaldson, superinten
dent Of Aptietam National Cemetery.
at Sbarpsburg. had them inferred
among the "Gnknown.". Near Gal.
ton, lllIuois, is s0aka farm, man
aged by Capt. Dan Stoyer and his
wife. A firm in Philadelphia takes
all The rattlesnakcs TO make into sn
oil which they advertise cures rheu.
matisD. Last month Capt. Slower
contracted with the firm for $50 rat
tlespakes at 1925 each, mono TO meas
ure less than four feet Ia length o. To-
be less than six years Of oge. Tho
older the snake the be- fer and stlon.
ser. it 10 clsimed. is the oil. The
farm is provided with mounds where
the snakes borrow, and upon which
they come out TO task in the sunlight.
ga strong nest of humble bees in
a big clover field is worth S20to tho
owner; for these insects arc the Chief
INSECTS in fertilizi0g the blossoms.
thereby insuring heavy crop of seed.
L \ hustr lila there are no humble bees
Of our KIND, aud they could mol raise
clover sect there until they imported
some LAS John Reachell, Lowe
Hopping aud Bob Boyd, all co'ored>
were plowIng on Southland Islaud
60 miles above Cairo. Illinois, in the
Ohio, all in line and separated from
each other about 20 feet, lightning.
which came from small, fleecy cloud
In a clear sky, struck them and heir
mules senseless. Hopping and Boyd
and Reacbell was killed.
ga sea turtle seven feet eight In,
,hcs long snd three feet broad was
,sught on Tuesday At tho mouth OF
York river, Chesapeake bay. II was
,he largest ever caught in the bay....
Abney G.. Cody, one Of the most ex-
pert passers of counterfeit money in
he United States vas arrested near
Painted Post. N. T., Tuesday. Cody
8 ~ years Old, and has been in tho
business since be was 16 years old
Ind government officers have becu
lunting him for the past ten years
viii out success. Miss Jane r.. Hall.
81 Montgom ry county, Pa. AMI
married. sister living in Philadelphia,
lsvo instituted suit to recover 81,
100000 from tie Unite s ates ~.
nent. They Claim TO be Iincal de-
pendants OF one Jacob DeElaven,
wealthy Freedman, who loaned tho
A american government half million
r. mes during the revolutionary war,
md which has never been repaid,